Oil-dispensing tank.



No. 842,517. I PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

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on DISPENSING TANK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1905.

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OIL-DISPENSING TANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29 1907.

Application filed December 29,1905. Serial No. 293,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BOU'RNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerville, Butler county, Ohio, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Oil-Dispens ing Tanks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to oil-dispensing tanks of the class adapted to usefor hydrocarbons or other liquids; and the objects of my improvement areto provide a series of superposed measuring vessels consisting of unitsand aliquot parts thereof, to provide valved connections between thestorage vessel and the common bottom measure, to provide independentvalved connections between the bottom measure and the superposedmeasures, to provide independent vent-pipes for the measures,'and glassgages to indicate the contents of the respective measures. These objectsare obtained in the following-described manner, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of aseries of superposed dispensing-tanks embodying my improvement; F ig: 2,a side elevation with parts broken away; and Figs. 3 to 10, in-

.clusive, sectional diagrams, showing the different 1positions of thevalves or cocks.

In t e drawings, A, B, C, and D represent measuring vessels of anydesired form and preferably superposed in the order mentioned. Vessel Drepresents the unit of measure, as one gallon. Vessel O is one half thesize and vessels B and A are each one fourth the size of vessel D. Saidvessels may consist of different apartments separated by partitionsformed in the same tank. Each vessel is provided with a glass-coveredslot 11 to indicate the contents therein and with an open vent-tube 12,which terminates above the level of the oil in the storage-tanks E andF. Pipes 13 and 14 lead from the said storage-tanks through three-waycocks 15 and 16 and through pipes 17 and 18 to the interior of vessel Aor through discharge-nozzle 19. From the vessel A the oil may bedistributed through pipes 20 and 21, provided with a T-valve 22, whichalso controls pipe 24, leading to vessel C and to vessel D, through pipe25, provided with straightway cock 26. Stationary disk 27 is providedwith characters 23 to indicate the difierent operative positions of thevalve-handle 28. Additional unit-measures G may be superposed abovevessel D and successively connected together by means of res ectivepipes H, each provided with a straig tway cock I.

In operation valve 22 is turned, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7, to closepipe 20. Valve 16 is turned, as shown in Fig. 5, to open pipes 17 and 18and close nozzle 19. Valve 15 is turned, as shown in Fig. 4, to openpipes 17- and 13 to the su ply-tank E. This permits one quart, as inicated on the disk in Fig. l, to be measured by vessel A and then to bedischarged through nozzle 19v by turning valve 16 to close pipe 17 andopen said nozzle, as shown in Fig. 6. To measure two quarts, valve 22should be turned,.as shown in Fig. 8, to open pipes 20 and 21 and closepipe 24, which will permit the filling of measure B in addition tomeasure A. To measure three quarts, valve 22 should be turned,

as shown in Fig. 9, to open pipes 20 and 24 to measure C and close pipe21 to measure B. To measure four quarts or one full unit, valve 22should be turned, as shown in Fig. 10, to open pipe 20, together withpipes 21 and 24, leading, respectively, to measures B and C from measureA. Full units may be added to any number of aliquot parts by opening thecorresponding number of pipes 25 or H, leading therefrom to measure A.To draw from container, F instead of from E, turn valve 15, as shown inFig. 3, to open pipes 14 and 17 and close pipe 13. The area of thecorresponding vent-tubes should be included in the capacity of therespective measures. Said tubes permit the escape of the air during thefilling of the measures and prevent the forming of vacuums during theemptying of the contents therefrom. The containers may be supplied Withdifferent kinds of liquids, as with kerosene and gasolene. When not inuse, the measures remain empty, that there may be no leakage therefrom.The operator may adjust the valves to measure the desired amount andthen attend other duties without danger of overflowing the measures,which may be emptied of the measured quantity as convenient.

Having fully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. In a liquid-dispensing device, the combination of a tank, a vesselrepresenting the unit of measure, vessels representing respectivelyaliquot parts thereof, one of the said latter vessels being interposedin the line of communication between the tank and said IIO pipe leadingthereto, from the tank, and l valved passages leading from said lattervessel to the respective other vessels.

senting one-fourth of the unit of measure and provided With a valveddischarge -opening and With a valved supply-pipe, a second vespacityequal to both the first and the second vessels, pipes arranged to leadfrom each of said vessels to both of the other vessels and l ing vesselsone of said vessels being a single cock arranged to control said lastnamed pipes as desired.

3. The comblnation of a series of measurprovlded l With a valveddischarge pipe and with a 2. The combination of a first vesselreprevalved supply-pipe, passages leading therefrom to said othervessels, and means for con- 20 trolling said passages eithersuccessively or JOHN E. BOURNE.

I simultaneously. sel of equal capacity, a third vessel With ca-Witnesses:

JAMES G. CARR, R. S. CARR.

